Data also showed that foreigners sold $103 million worth of government debt securities in the same week. That followed $206 million of outflows from the debt securities market in the previous three weeks.

According to the Central Bank, market value of foreign investors’ holdings of government debt securities was $18.5 billion as of Feb. 15, down from $18.8 billion on Feb. 8.

On a separate note, the Central Bank’s gross foreign exchange reserves declined by $250 million from a week ago to $78.13 billion as of Feb. 15.

The bank’s gold reserves, on the other hand, remained almost unchanged at $20.43 billion.